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SieveManager
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Sieve_ is a programming language for filtering email. Sieve scripts are
typically run by the mail server when mail is delivered to an inbox,
so they need to be managed remotely.

SieveManager is a command-line client for uploading, downloading,
and managing remote Sieve scripts using the ManageSieve protocol.
It can also be used as a Python module.

.. warning::
    The command-line interface, the configuration semantics,
    and the Python API may still change.


Example
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Upload and activate a Sieve script:

.. code:: none

    $ sievemgr user@imap.foo.example
    user@imap.foo.example's password: <password>
    sieve://user@imap.foo.example> put script.sieve
    sieve://user@imap.foo.example> activate script.sieve

In Python:

.. code:: python

    from sievemgr import SieveManager
    with SieveManager('imap.foo.example') as mgr:
        mgr.authenticate('user', 'password')
        with open('sieve.script', 'br') as script:
            mgr.putscript(script, 'sieve.script')
        mgr.setactive('sieve.script')


Features
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* Complies fully with :rfc:`5804` (ManageSieve protocol)

* Login can be automated with:
  
  * Password managers
  * GnuPG-encrypted password files
  * :doc:`sieve.cf <config>`
  * `.netrc <netrc_>`_

* Password-based authentication with:

  * CRAM-MD5
  * LOGIN
  * PLAIN
  * SCRAM-\* and SCRAM-\*-PLUS [#untested]_ with

    * SHA-1
    * SHA-2-234
    * SHA-2-256
    * SHA-2-384
    * SHA-2-512
    * SHA-3-512

* TLS client authentication

* Proxy authentication

* Tab-completion

* Scriptable

* Emacs-like backup of scripts

* Checks whether TLS certificates have been revoked
  (using lightweight OCSP_)

* Supports TLS `Server Name Indication`_

* Supports giving IPv6 addresses on the command-line


.. [#untested] SCRAM-\*-PLUS authentication is untested.


.. toctree::
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    :titlesonly:

    quick
    install
    command
    config
    module
    security
    feedback
    contrib
    Change log <changelog>
    License <license>
    genindex
